7 Citations
The interplay of authority and expertise in online self-improvement communities
- Business
- 2020
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[Circulation of information on drugs and other substances to increase cognitive performance: a study of a Brazilian blog (2015-2017)].
- Political ScienceSalud colectiva
- 2020
The results show that the blog acts as a medium for spreading biomedical knowledge among the lay public and indicates the production of new forms of subjectivity by revealing the meanings attributed to these substances in socialization processes.
Augmented memory: a survey of the approaches to remembering more
- PhilosophyFront. Syst. Neurosci.
- 2014
This work discusses four general approaches that have been developed to augment human long-term memory: nootropics agents, brain stimulation, mnemonic strategies, and external aids, and presents a summary of each approach.
Aprimoramento cognitivo e a produção de modos de subjetividade: um estudo sobre o uso de substâncias “nootrópicas” a partir de um blog brasileiro
- Psychology
- 2020
Resumo O consumo de medicamentos para aprimorar processos mentais, como memória, concentração e estado de alerta, tem se expandido. As chamadas smart drugs e fármacos nootrópicos são utilizados na…
Nootropics: Phytochemicals with Neuroprotective and Neurocognitive Enhancing Properties
- MedicineEuropean Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
- 2019
Nootropics open the door for new research, clinical implementation and promotion of integrative health especially in cognitive neuroscience by implementing products of natural sources to improve neurocognitive functioning and health improvement.
Ethical Underpinning and Implications of “Nootropic” Concept
- PsychologyActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Philosophica. Ethica-Aesthetica-Practica
- 2018
The current generation paving the path for new research marks a milestone to attain the ancient goal of improving our cognition. To date, increased prevalence of cognitive enhancers by healthy people…
The Speculative Neuroscience of the Future Human Brain
- Biology
- 2013
The hallmark of their species is their ability to hybridize symbolic thinking with behavioral output, where for the first time the authors are in a position to willfully alter the brain and hence, their behavior and evolution.
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